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1st grow, how's it looking so far, and any advice welcome
    #26704036 - 05/29/20 09:33 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

(SPOILER ALERT, I'M A COMPLETE NEWBIE AT THIS)

Hey all, first time posting in the forums (been lurking for a couple months), and I'm a very green newbie to the mushroom cultivation thing. Just looking to get some confirmation/affirmation if things are looking good so far or if I need to fix anything.

Started my first "grow" back on April 27th with a MS syringe on wild bird seed. Used a still air box and inoculated 1ml of solution to each of 10 1Qt jars. So far, I have 3 jars that show no sign of growth, 1 that is growing something (kind of a grey thing cobweb throughout), and the other 7 are looking good (at least to me):


While these jars were growing the spawn, I was reading more and more about problems with using a MS syringe to grain spawn and that agar is a better way, so I decided to start doing some agar work. I started my first bit of agar work on 5/19 (10 days ago) by taking a couple pieces of mycelium from the best looking jar and putting it onto a couple agar plates (this was all done in a still air box using as sterile technique as I could). Here's what they look like today:




Thinking it's time to do some clean up work and transfer the best looking parts to some new plates with peroxide agar, then if all looks well inoculate to some new grain spawn. Am I on the right track here? Anything I'm missing at this point?

Oh, I noticed I'm getting some air bubbles in my agar (you can see it in the photos). Is that a problem and if so what's causing/how to fix?

Thanks all!


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Re: 1st grow, how's it looking so far, and any advice welcome [Re: warpork]
    #26704115 - 05/29/20 09:57 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I did the same thing a couple weeks ago.  Moved some of my WBS spawn to bulk and had a few seeds stuck on the bottom of the jar and figured why not try to put on some agar.  Seems to work way better then trying the MS syringe. I have had mixed experiences with those on agar.


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Re: 1st grow, how's it looking so far, and any advice welcome [Re: greenmachine78]
    #26704398 - 05/29/20 11:47 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Jar pic is blurry but looks good.

The only time I get bubbles in my agar is when I pour it pretty hot.

Let it cool a little more next time and see if it helps.


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Re: 1st grow, how's it looking so far, and any advice welcome [Re: A.k.a]
    #26704483 - 05/29/20 12:17 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

If you pour your agar anywhere above 135f you will get bubbles.
I say this due to an experiment I performed seeking out why it bubbled up on me.
If you pour at 120f and bellow it wont bubble on you.


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